Repairs were required to an external power line at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, Russian officials said.

Flames engulfed one of the tanks at the Albashneft oil refinery in Novominskaya and burned an adjacent area of about 150 square meters, the Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters said.

MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russia ⁠urged ⁠Afghanistan and Pakistan ⁠on Friday to halt cross-border attacks ​immediately and resolve their differences by diplomatic ‌means. Russia is the only ‌country to officially recognise the Taliban ⁠government ⁠of Afghanistan, and also has good relations with ​Pakistan.

Luxury yacht brokerage Cecil Wright found that 15 impounded yachts, which would be worth €3.5bn if they had been well maintained, are now worth €2.9bn. It is not clear how many yachts linked to Russia have been seized in total.

Ukraine said the Russian plant is used to produce ballistic missiles, including Yars, Bulava, Iskander-M, and Kinzhal.

With ⁠more than 800,000 visits last year, tourists from China, long a close Russian partner, lead official figures by a long way. But Saudi Arabia secured the number two slot for the first time last year with nearly 75,000 tourists, a year-on-year increase of nearly 36%, while more than 59,000 tourists came from the UAE, putting it in sixth place.

Four years of war in Ukraine has brought seismic evolution to the world - to the nature of warfare, the balance of global powers, and to European security.

US threats to seize Greenland have created ‘new international fault lines’ that can be used to spread disinformation, Danish intelligence agencies say

Unused and empty following a 2023 missile attack, the destruction of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol serves as a metaphor for the diminished fortunes of the Russian Navy, and for the successes of the Ukrainian military in making that happen.